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Merv Griffin
Actor, Producer, Writer, Additional Credits
Born July 6, 1925Died August 12, 2007 (82 years)
Mervyn Edward "Merv" Griffin, Jr. (July 6, 1925 – August 12, 2007) was an American television host, singer, and media mogul. He began his career as a radio and big band singer who went on to appear in movies and on Broadway. During the 1960s, Griffin hosted his own talk show, The Merv Griffin Show, and created the game shows Jeopardy!, Wheel of Fortune, Click, and Merv Griffin's Crosswords. He is considered an entertainment business magnate.
Movies & Shows on Plex
Merv Griffin Filmography
| 2025 | Stiller & Meara: Nothing Is Lost · as Self - Host, The Merv Griffin Show |
| 2025 | My Mom Jayne · as Self - Tv Host, The Merv Griffin Show |
| 2024 | Yacht Rock: A Dockumentary · as Self - Host, The Merv Griffin Show |
| 2024 | Martha · as Self |
| 2024 | Faye · as Self - Host: 'the Merv Griffin Show' |
| 2024 | Brats · as Self - Host, The Merv Griffin Show |
| 2024 | Devo · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2023 | The Devil on Trial · as Self - Host, The Merv Griffin Show |
| 2023 | Love to Love You, Donna Summer · as Self |
| 2023 | Little Richard: I Am Everything · as Self |
| 2023 | Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields (TV Series) · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2022 | Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody · as Self (archive Footage) |
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| 2022 | George Carlin's American Dream (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2022 | This Is Joan Collins · as Self |
| 2021 | The Real Charlie Chaplin · as Self (archive Footage) (uncredited) |
| 2021 | Mr. Saturday Night · as Self |
| 2021 | Listening to Kenny G · as Self |
| 2021 | |
| 2021 | |
| 2021 | The One and Only Dick Gregory · as Self |
| 2021 | My Name Is Lopez · as Self |
| 2020 | Truman & Tennessee: An Intimate Conversation · as Self - Tv Host (archive Footage) |
| 2020 | I Am Burt Reynolds · as Self |
| 2020 | |
| 2020 | Uncle Frank · as Self - Host Of The Merv Griffin Show |
| 2020 | |
| 2020 | Tom Cruise: An Eternal Youth · as Self |
| 2020 | MLK/FBI · as Self - Tv Host |
| 2020 | My Darling Vivian · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2020 | Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind · as Self |
| 2019 | Between Two Ferns: The Movie · as Self |
| 2019 | Valerie · as Self |
| 2019 | Mike Wallace Is Here · as Self |
| 2019 | What's My Name: Muhammad Ali · as Self |
| 2019 | I Am Richard Pryor · as Self - Tv Host (archive Footage) |
| 2018 | |
| 2018 | Jane Fonda in Five Acts · as Self |
| 2018 | Love, Gilda · as Self |
| 2018 | Betty White: First Lady of Television · as Self |
| 2018 | Whitney · as Self (archive Footage) (uncredited) |
| 2018 | Game Changers · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2018 | Tiny Shoulders, Rethinking Barbie · as Self - Host, The Merv Griffin Show |
| 2017 | Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond · as Self |
| 2017 | The Fabulous Allan Carr · as Self |
| 2017 | Clive Davis: The Soundtrack of Our Lives · as Self |
| 2017 | Whitney: Can I Be Me · as Self |
| 2016 | Harry Benson: Shoot First · as Self |
| 2016 | Robert Klein Still Can't Stop His Leg · as Self |
| 2016 | |
| 2015 | John Travolta: Rückkehr nach Hollywood · as Self - Tv Host (archive Footage) |
| 2015 | What Happened, Miss Simone? · as Self |
| 2014 | Mystical Traveler · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2014 | Super Duper Alice Cooper · as Self |
| 2013 | John Denver: Country Boy · as Self |
| 2013 | Marvin Hamlisch: What He Did for Love · as Self |
| 2013 | Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2013 | Betty White's 2nd Annual 90th Birthday · as Self |
| 2011 | Sing Your Song · as Self |
| 2011 | |
| 2011 | |
| 2009 | Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me · as Self |
| 2008 | Pioneers of Television (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2007 | The 59th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards · as Self - In Memoriam |
| 2006 | Searching for Orson · as Self |
| 2006 | The Megan Mullally Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2005 | The Last Mogul · as Self |
| 2005 | I Married a Princess (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2005 | Fat Actress (TV Series) · as Merv Griffin |
| 2005 | The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2004 | The Tony Danza Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2003 | The Ellen DeGeneres Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2002 | The Wayne Brady Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2000 | Murder at the Cannes Film Festival · as Self |
| 2000 | Whitney Houston: The Greatest Hits · as Self |
| 1999 | The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1997 | Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's · as Self |
| 1997 | The View (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1996 | The Daily Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1996 | The Rosie O'Donnell Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1995 | Golden Anniversary · as Self |
| 1995 | Hope and Gloria (TV Series) · as Merv Griffin |
| 1992 | Late Show with David Letterman (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1990 | Sinatra 75: The Best Is Yet to Come · as Self |
| 1990 | Intimate Portrait (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1989 | The 61st Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Performer |
| 1989 | The 6th Annual American Cinema Awards · as Self |
| 1987 | Biography (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1986 | All-Star Party for Clint Eastwood · as Self |
| 1985 | All-Star Party for 'Dutch' Reagan · as Self |
| 1985 | The Golden Girls (TV Series) · as Merv Griffin |
| 1984 | A.K.A. Pablo (TV Series) · as Merv Griffin |
| 1984 | The Lonely Guy · as Himself |
| 1984 | TV Bloopers And Practical Jokes (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1983 | Wheel of Fortune (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1982 | Late Night With David Letterman (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1981 | Rich and Famous · as Merv Griffin |
| 1981 | Entertainment Tonight (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1980 | The Alan Thicke Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1980 | Hour Magazine (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1979 | The Seduction of Joe Tynan · as Himself |
| 1979 | CBS Sunday Morning With Jane Pauley (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1976 | Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman (TV Series) · as Merv Griffin |
| 1975 | Saturday Night Live (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1975 | Good Morning America (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1975 | Wheel of Fortune (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1974 | Dinah! (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1973 | The Girl with Something Extra (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1973 | AFI Life Achievement Award (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1971 | Betty White's Pet Set (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1970 | Dinah's Place (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1969 | Hello Down There · as Himself |
| 1968 | The Dick Cavett Show (TV Series) · as Self - Host |
| 1967 | The Jerry Lewis Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1967 | The Carol Burnett Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1966 | The Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1965 | The Dean Martin Show (TV Series) · as Self - Cameo |
| 1965 | The Hollywood Squares (TV Series) · as Self - Panelist |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1962 | The Merv Griffin Show (TV Series) · as Self - Host |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1961 | Password (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1961 | The DuPont Show of the Week (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1960 | Here's Hollywood (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1957 | The Jack Paar Tonight Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest Host |
| 1956 | To Tell the Truth (TV Series) · as Self - Panelist |
| 1956 | The Price Is Right (TV Series) · as Self - Guest Host |
| 1952 | The Jackie Gleason Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest Vocalist |
| 1952 | The Linkletter Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1952 | I've Got a Secret (TV Series) · as Self - Panelist |
| 1952 | Today (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1950 | The Bob Hope Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1950 | What's My Line? (TV Series) · as Self - Panelist |
| 1949 | Cavalcade of Stars (TV Series) · as Self - Guest Vocalist |
| 1949 | The Emmy Awards (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2005 | The Apprentice - Martha Stewart (TV Series) |
| 2004 | ALF's Hit Talk Show (TV Series) |
| 2004 | TV Land Moguls (TV Series) |
| 1998 | Hercules (TV Series) · as Merv Griffin (voice) |
| 1996 | E! True Hollywood Story (TV Series) |
| 1992 | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV Series) |
| 1985 | Alice in Wonderland (1985) (TV Series) · as Conductor |
| 1983 | The Man with Two Brains · as The Elevator Killer |
| 1983 | The Funny Farm · as The Voice Of... (voice) |
| 1982 | Slapstick of Another Kind · as Anchorma |
| 1982 | Newhart (TV Series) |
| 1980 | One-Trick Pony · as Acappella Singer |
| 1976 | Two-Minute Warning · as Merv Griffin - National Anthem Singer |
| 1972 | Sanford and Son (TV Series) |
| 1971 | The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour (TV Series) |
| 1970 | The Tim Conway Comedy Hour (TV Series) · as The Sandman (man Under The Bed) |
| 1965 | Inside Daisy Clover · as Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1954 | Phantom of the Rue Morgue · as Georges Brevert |
| 1954 | The Boy from Oklahoma · as Steve |
| 1953 | Three Sailors and a Girl · as Sailor (uncredited) |
| 1953 | So This Is Love · as Buddy Nash |
| 1953 | The Charge at Feather River · as Shooting Victim |
| 1953 | The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms · as Trailer Commentator |
| 1953 | Trouble Along the Way · as Football Broadcaster (voice) |
| 1953 | By the Light of the Silvery Moon · as Announcer At Pond |
| 1952 | Stop, You're Killing Me · as Radio Announcer |
| 1952 | Cattle Town · as Governor's Secretary |
| 1951 | The Red Skelton Show (TV Series) · as Dapper Dan Dalton |
| 2007 | Crosswords (TV Series) |
| 2006 | Lisa Williams: Life Among the Dead (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
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| 2002 | Gilda Radner: It's Always Something · as Executive Producer |
| 2001 | Inside the Osmonds · as Executive Producer |
| 2000 | Murder at the Cannes Film Festival · as Executive Producer |
| 1997 | The Christmas List · as Executive Producer |
| 1984 | Jeopardy! (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 1983 | Wheel of Fortune (TV Series) |
| 1979 | Dance Fever (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 1975 | Wheel of Fortune (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 1967 | Reach for the Stars (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 1964 | Jeopardy! (1964) (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 1962 | The Merv Griffin Show (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 1962 | The Merv Griffin Show (TV Series) |
| 2024 | Jeopardy! (UK) (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 2023 | Jeopardy! Masters (TV Series) · as Created By |
| 2022 | Celebrity Jeopardy! (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 2022 | Celebrity Jeopardy! (TV Series) · as Created By |
| 2022 | Jeopardy! National College Championship (2022) (TV Series) · as Created By |
| 2021 | Celebrity Wheel of Fortune (TV Series) · as Created By |
| 2020 | Jeopardy! The Greatest of All Time (TV Series) · as Created By |
| 2007 | Crosswords (TV Series) · as Creator |
| 2006 | The Wheel of Luck (TV Series) · as Creator |
| 1984 | Jeopardy! (TV Series) · as Created By |
| 1983 | Wheel of Fortune (TV Series) · as Created By |
| 1979 | Dance Fever (TV Series) · as Created By |
| 1975 | Wheel of Fortune (TV Series) · as Creator |
| 1964 | Jeopardy! (1964) (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 1964 | Jeopardy! (1964) (TV Series) · as Creator |